Queen Central Nears Topping Off as Heritage Meets Modern in the Garden District

Queen Central rises on the northeastern corner of the Queen Street East and the Mutual Street in the city center of Toronto and approaches its last height. The tower climbs over the facades of the inheritance on its base. The 34-story development was designed by Arcadis for the Parallax Investment Corporation and Harlo Capital and is addressed to 98 Queen Street East in the city's garden district. At the time of the last Urbantoronto update in August 2024, the tower reached 10 floors.

View northeast to Queen Central, designed by Arcardis for Parallax Investment Corporation and Harlo Capital

With a view of the northern height in October 2024, the installation of the tower facade with window wall systems, black pre -ranges, spectators and Louvres, which now cover the first floors of the tower volume. In the following, future walls in green weather protection will remain with gaps in which windows will be. On the right, the Heritage facade remains enveloped in 3 Mutual Street in the scaffolding and green network.

Dimolating and glazing installation on the first floors of the tower volume on the northern height, picture of Northern Light

Until December 2024, the scaffolding and the network in the 3 Mutual Street was gone, and the masonry facade of the inheritance is fully visible before the full restoration and shows arched window openings and stone thresholds. At the top, more cladding and glazing are now installed and the floors are gradually sealed under the boom on the 10th floor.

View east to the Heritage facade in 3 Mutual Street, Image of Urbantoronto Forum participating BCMC

The east height looks northwest this month and has a step backwards on the 11th floor, which is still exposed to naked concrete and is installed on the wall at the bottom with black and gray decorative panels. On the left, the underside of the cantilever of southern height is wrapped in green weather protection. The staggered and angled steps in the 23rd and 26th floor are planned for the upper tower volume with additional setbacks in the 31st and 33rd floors. The structure work has reached the 29th floor, while black cladding panels and glazing were installed up to the 14th floor.

View northwest into the step mass of the southern and east heights, picture of Urbantoronto Forum participating PRTK.G

With a view of the queen to the northeast, extensive orange planning planes the southern and western increases to the ground level, while in the southeastern corner the Heritage facade of 98 Queen Street East is covered with scaffolding and green tarpaulin. The Bauheisen extends over the western height. In the queen and the mutual streets, sidewalks are lined with hoards and frames.

View to the northeast to Queen Central in February 2025, picture of Urbantoronto Forum employee Rdaner

If you look east, the mixture of cultural heritage and modern design will be completely exhibited. The second and third floors of the North Elevation still expect the cladding over green weather protection, although the windows are now installed glass and spandrel panels and are framed with black housings and trim frames. The northern end of the 30th floor is now formed on the top.

View east to the progress of the cladding and glazing above the facade of the cultural heritage in the Mutual Street, picture of Urbantoronto Forum employee Rdaner

After completion, Queen Central 106 m and house 369 units will increase.

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